Solanco MARCH 27, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 49
Fundraisers will benefit children in Honduras
Scholarship organization crowns 2024 winners
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
living in Providencia, Honduras. The ministry’s name is derived hristian ministry Por Qué from a Spanish phrase that No Tú will host dessert translates to “Why not you,” fundraisers on Tuesday, and it was created in 2013 by April 9, at Waterway Church, missionaries Bob and Sandy 550 Waterway Road, Oxford, Martin. In 2011, the couple went and on Thursday, April 11, at on a mission trip to Honduras to Mt. Vernon Christian Church, assist with the construction of an 1 Lighthouse Drive, Kirkwood. orphanage there; Bob and Sandy Both events are free, and they will started the nonprofit, which was begin at 7 p.m. Guests will have initially called “Why Not You an opportunity to Ministries,” after lear n about Por the completion of Qué No Tú’s spon“It’s a really neat the project to consorship program tinue their work in opportunity to benefit children the Honduran town for us to serve living in Honduras. of San Antonio de Guests may enjoy Cortés. as Jesus would various desser ts In 2016, Bob and have, helping and socialize before Sandy acquired a meet people’s the program begins piece of land in with an update from Providencia, where basic needs and executive director opening them up they built a facility Justin Hollinger to serve as the minto the Gospel.” on Por Qué No Tú’s istr y ’s headquarp ro j e c t s . Ya m i e ters. The property, Castillo, a student which initially who was previously sponsored included one dormitory, graduthrough the program, will give ally expanded with the installaa presentation after Hollinger’s tion of a kitchen and dining area update. Attendees will then have and additional dormitories over an opportunity to sign up for a the next few years. In 2022, the sponsorship or make a one-time management of the Why Not You donation to the organization Ministries’ efforts in Honduras before the fundraiser concludes was transferred to Hollinger, and at 8 p.m. the organization was renamed to Por Qué No Tú is a Christian “Por Qué No Tú.” Why Not You nonprofit organization that seeks Ministries continues to operate to improve the lives of people as a nonprofit organization that
have, helping meet people’s basic needs and opening them up to the Gospel.” Ho l l i n g e r, a g ra d u a t e o f Solanco High School, currently lives at the ministry’s location in Providencia, which sits among the mountains and dense jungles
Every year, young women in Lancaster County have an opportunity to participate in the Miss Lancaster County S c h o l a r s h i p Pa g e a n t . O n Feb. 3, six titleholders were crowned during the contest at Ephrata High School, qualifying them to advance to the Miss Pennsylvania and Miss Pennsylvania’s Teen Scholarship competitions in June. This year’s winning contestants include Noelle Schneider of Quarryville, Julianna Billings of Peach Bottom, AmandaGrace Krier of Levittown, Kathryn Davis of Willow Street, Whitney Ridler of Manchester, and Maggie Roe of Lancaster. D u r i n g t h e s c h o l a rs h i p pa geant , each contestant gave a unique performance and highlighted a community ser vice project near to her heart. Schneider, who received the title of Miss Lancaster County, performed a har p arrangement that combined Handel’s “Passacaglia” and Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” in a mashup of the classical and R&B genres. Schneider presented her service project, MAOSmiles: Delivering Hope to Hospitalized C hildren.
See Por Qué No Tú pg 8
See Scholarship pageant pg 6
The fundraisers will include a presentation from guest speaker Yamie Castillo, a former beneficiary of Por Qué No Tú’s sponsorship program.
serves communities in the United States. “The mission is really about inspiring people to serve,” said Josh Foley, chairman of Por Qué No Tú’s board of directors. “To me, it’s a really neat opportunity for us to serve as Jesus would
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